Dress by Rudi Gernreich 1971
Nobody can be credited with inventing the black and white
checkerboard pattern
Sugar Box by Kolomon Moser
1913
for the Wiener Werstatte
(Viennese Workshop)
Chair by Josef Hoffmann
The designers in the Viennese Workshop can be credited with popularizing it 100 years ago.
Brooch by Josef Hoffmann
Color and shape minimized to absolute basics.
The classic black and white tile floor was inspiration.
Josef Diveky's advertisement for
Vienna's Cafe Fledermaus
Movie set by Cedric Gibbons for Grand Hotel,
set in Germany,
1932
A still classic look for cafes
from Warsaw to West Texas.
Pattern by Kolomon Moser
for the Viennese Workshop
A good idea revived by Mary Engelbreit
at the end of the 20th century.
Mary Engelbreit's Fried Egg Flower fabric
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